GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| disport | sport |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| sledge | sledgehammer |